Chair and table combined.



G. VORDERMARK.

CHAIR AND TABLE COMBINED.

APPLICATION FILED MAYIQ. me;

Patented May 14 IN VE/V TOR:

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GEORGE VORDEBMARK, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

' CHAIR AND TABLE COMBINED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Application filed May 19, 1916. Serial No. 98,523.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, GEORGE VORDERMARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Chair and Table Combined, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon. I

This invention relates to an article of furniture that is designed to be used in dwellings, offices or elsewhere and more particularly by users of telephones.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved article of furniture of general utility which may be cheaply constructed and be strong and durable in use for various purposes. Another object is to provide a table or stand that will not be liable to be accidentally turned over and which shall'be convenient for supporting portable telephone instruments and also the telephone directory in common use, paper and pencil and other articles, all in convenient arrange.- ment with a chair or stool adapted to be conveniently used when using the telephone. A further object is to provide a combination chair and table that shall be especially convenient for telephone users and which shall be so constructed as to be reversible as to position in a room or compartment, in order that it may be placed to the best advantage with respect to the telephone instrument and angles of the wall of the room or compartment, and also in some cases to accommodate the telephone subscriber who may be left-handed.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in a unitary structure comprising a chair or stool and a table or stand and having accommodations for supporting various articles conveniently to the occupant of the chair or stool; the invention consisting further in the parts and combinations and arrangement of parts as hereafter particularly described and further defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved chair and table structure; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the upper portion of the table or stand looking upward; Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of the complete structure, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the portions of the structure opposite to that seen in Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters on the difierent figures of the drawings indicate like elements or features of construction herein referred to in detail.

A practical embodiment of the invention comprises four corner members uprightly arranged, the lower portions of the members constituting legs, 1, 2, 3, 4 whereby to support the structure. A front or rear rail 5, is secured to two of the members, a similar rail 6, being secured to the remaining two members at a suitable height from the lower ends of the members, and on one and the same plane on which a side rail 7 is secured to two of the members, and a similar rail 8 is secured to the remaining two members. The portion of the corner members that extend upward beyond the plane of the rails constitute pillars 9, 10, 11 and 12 respectively. Two other pillars 13 and 14 are secured to the rails 5 and 6 respectively in such position as to be nearer to the pillars 10 and 11 than to the other pillars 9 and 12. A seat 15 is secured upon the rails and extends from the pillars 9 and 12 tothe pillars 13 and 14, and a shelf 16 which preferably is integral with the seat is secured upon the rails 5 and 6 and the side rail 8. y

In order that the structure shall be very strong, two corner brackets 17 and 18 are secured to the legs 1 and 2 respectively and also to the rail 5, two similar brackets 19 and 20 being secured to thelegs 3 and .4 respectively and also to the rail 6. Also two corner braces 21 and 22 are secured to the inner sides of the rails 7 and 8 respectively and also to the rail 5, two similar braces 23 and 24 being secured to the rails 8 and 7 respectively and to the rail 6.

. An arm-rest is provided which preferably comprises a rail 25 secured to the pillars 9 and 12 and a top board 26 secured upon the rail and the pillars. Preferably also a rail 27 is secured to the pillars slightly above the seat 15 and slats 28 are secured to the rails 25 and 27 in vertical arrangement. A

rail 29 is securedto the upper portions of the pillars 10 and 11 formed by two of the corner members and a similar rail 30 is secured to the upper portions of the pillars 13 and 14. A flat table top 31 is secured to the tops of the rails 29 and 30 and the adjacent pillars. Preferably a rail 32 is secured to the lower portions of the pillars 13 and 14, slats 33 being secured to the rails 30 and 32. A face-piece 34 is secured to the pillars 10 and 13, a similar face-piece 35 being secured to the pillars l1 and 14. The two face-pieces are arranged on one and the same plane at a distance below the table top 31. A slide-bar 36 is secured to the inner side of the rail 29 and extends to the face-pieces 34: and 35, a similar slide bar 37 being secured to the inner side of the rail 30 and extending also to the fa e pieces. Two drawers 38 and 39 are slidingly supported upon the slide-bars, one of the drawers having its front member 40 arranged above the face-piece 34:, the other drawer having its front member 41 arranged above the face-piece 35, the front members of the drawers being provided respectively with pull-knobs L2 and 43. The rear ends 4:4: and 45 of the drawers normally are in proximity each to the other and separated by a stop-block l6 which is secured to one of the slide-rails so as to limit the rearward movement of both of the drawers.

In practical use the chair and table structure is placed as may be most convenient, and if found desirable to place it against a wall, it may be arranged so that either the rail 5 or the rail 6 is adjacent to the wall and the wall can serve the purpose of a chair back. The foremost one of the drawers may be used for holding writing materials, the shelf below the drawers being convenient on which to place a telephone directory, a work-basket or other'articles. The table top has ample capacity for supporting one or more telephone instruments and leave space upon which the writing materials may be used, and also space above the rail 30 that may be used as an arm-rest by the person occupying seat 15. The table structure, being strongly built as a unitary portion of the chair structure, is always firm and steady so as to afford a substantial support for writing paper and is not liable to be accidentally turned over so as to drop the telephone instrument onto the floor, especially when the Chair or stool seat is weighted by the occupant.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. An improved chair and table structure comprising four upright corner members, the

lower portions of the members constituting supporting-legs and the upper portions constituting pillars, a plurality of rails secured to the corner members to constitute a seat frame, the front and rear rails being longer than the remaining side rails, two intermediate pillars secured to the front and rear rails respectively, a seat secured upon the front and rear rails and also upon one of the side rails on one side of the intermediate pillars, an arm-rest connected to the tops of two of the corner members, a top rail secured to the upper portions of the remaining two corner members, a top rail secured to the upper portions of the intermediate pillars, two slide bars secured to the top rails respectively, a table top secured upon the top rails and the pillars and also upon the corner members to which the top rails are connected, and a drawer mounted on the slide bars.

2. An improved chair and table structure comprising four upright corner members, the lower portions of the members constituting supporting-legs and the upper portions constituting pillars, a plurality of rails secured to the corner members to constitute a seat frame, the front and rear rails being longer than the remaining side rails, a seat and also a shelf integrally connected together and secured upon the frame rails, two intermediate pillars secured to the front and rear rails respectively, a top rail secured to the upper portions of the intermediate pillars, a top rail secured to the upper portions of two of the-other pillars, two slide bars secured to the two top rails respectively, a table top secured upon the top rails and the pillars to which the rails are connected, a face-piece secured at one end of the slide bars to two of the pillars, a face-piece secured at the opposite end of the slide bars to two others of the pillars, two drawers mounted on the slide bars with their rear ends adjacent each to the other, the front members of the drawers normally being above the face-pieces respectively, the drawers being movable each away from the other, a stop block secured to one of said slide bars between the rear ends of the two drawers, panel-work connected to the intermediate pillars, and an arm-rest and panel-work connected to the remaining two of the pillars.

In testimony whereof, I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE VORDERMARK.

Witnesses:

J. H. HARTMAN, E. T. Smvrus.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

